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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2023 CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO.

23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 P.C.

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23-13 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To further amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 12 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by Public Laws Nos.


22-169, 22-181, 22-204, and 23-08, to appropriate $3,012,476 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, to provide supplemental funding for the operations of the Executive branch, the Judicial branch, the Legislative branch, Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions and Capital and Human Resources Development of the National Government, and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.

Section 1 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 2 Public Laws Nos.

22-169, 22-181, 22-204, and 23-08, is hereby 3 further amended to read as follows: “Section 1.

Purpose.
Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to appropriate the sum of $110,139,090 from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the purpose of funding the operations of all branches of the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, its agencies, various programs; Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions; and Capital and Human Resources Development.
The National Government’s share of the Amended Compact funds has been reduced to zero; EXCEPT THAT; the National Government will retain the Compact Sector Grant amount for COM-FSM and 10 percent of the Supplemental Education Grant funds as is CBL 23-33 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 1 2 3 4 reflected in the budget for the Department of Education.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows:” Section 2.

Section 2 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 5 Public Laws Nos.

22-169, 22-181, 22-204, and 23-08, is hereby 6 further amended to read as follows: “Section 2.

Operating Expenses of the Executive Branch.


The sum of $34,999,594 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the purpose of funding the operations of the Executive Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.
The sum of $2,902,529 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the President during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 902,916 Travel ..................................... 460,410 Contractual Services ........................ 1,270,000 OCE ......................................... 191,203 Fixed Assets ............................... 78,000 2 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

The sum of $7,414,192 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 2,808,856 Travel ..................................... 308,914 Contractual Services........... ............. 3,671,628 OCE ...................................... .

531,344 Fixed Assets ............................. .

93,450 (3) Department of Finance and Administration.
The sum of $4,178,020 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Finance and Administration during the fiscal year 2022.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................ .
$ 3,231,193 Travel ............................... ...... 294,227 Contractual Services................ ........ 286,300 OCE ........................................ 361,300 Fixed Assets ............................... 5,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.

The sum of $2,015,800 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Resources and Development during the fiscal year 2023.

3 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................. $ 1,374,565 Travel .................................... .

213,397 Contractual Services....................... .
203,839 OCE may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations................................ .

219,999 Fixed Assets .............................. .

4,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure.

The sum of $3,869,704 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ..................................$ 921,408 Travel ..................................... 252,331 Contractual Services, of which $207,922 shall be used for the salary increase of MN and CV Crews in accordance with the DT&I Division of Marine Transportation Salary Schedule............... ..................... 2,514,865 OCE may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations ..................... $ 116,100 Fixed Assets; PROVIDED THAT, $65,000 appropriated herein, $10,000 is to 4 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 supplement the vehicle for the PMU office...$ 65,000 (6) Department of Health and Social Affairs.

The sum of $1,498,647 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 1,065,346 Travel ..................................... 107,863 Contractual Services.

....................... 127,282 OCE ................................... ..... 198,156 Fixed Assets ......................... ...... -0- (7) Department of Education.

The sum of $1,086,178 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Education during the fiscal year 2023.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $366,570 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel............................ ... ...$ 615,294 Travel ..................................... 171,810 Contractual Services........................ 231,226 OCE ....................................... .

67,848 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- 5 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (8) Department of Justice.

The sum of $8,520,369 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................... ............. $ 5,810,505 Travel ................................ ..... 369,743 Contractual Services............... ......... 994,679 OCE ..................... .................. .

937,442 Fixed Assets .......................... ..... 408,000 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management.
The sum of $1,135,935 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Department of Environment,Climate Change and Emergency Management during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 751,914 Travel .................................... .

167,293 Contractual Services....................... .

131,500 OCE ....................................... .

52,228 Fixed Assets .............................. .
33,000 (10) Office of the Public Defender.

The sum of $1,624,094 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the 6 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Public Defender during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 1,239,358 Travel .................................. ... 115,542 Contractual Services...................... .. 140,394 OCE ...................................... .. 86,900 Fixed Assets .............................. .

41,900 (11) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation.
The sum of $328,138 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 263,253 Travel .................................... .

29,171 Contractual Services........................ 15,425 OCE ....................................... .

20,289 Fixed Assets .............................. .
-0- (12) Office of Veteran’s Affairs.

The sum of $169,963 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office Veteran’s Affairs during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel .................................$ 90,562 7 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Travel .....................................$ 11,401 Contractual Services....................... .

50,000 OCE ....................................... .

18,000 Fixed Assets ............................... -0- (13) Office of Personnel.

The sum of $256,025 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of Personnel during the fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. $ 226,025 Travel .................................... .

16,800 Contractual Services....................... .

1,700 OCE ....................................... .

11,500 Fixed Assets .............................. .

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Section 3 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended 16 by Public Laws No.


22-169, 22-181 and 22-204, is hereby further 17 amended to read as follows: “Section 3.

Operating Expenses of the Legislative Branch.

The sum of $13,403,080 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the operation of the Legislative Branch of the National Government during fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: 8 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (1) Speaker and Members.
The sum of $5,492,798, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Office of the Speaker and Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during fiscal year 2023.
The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. .... $ 914,957 Travel ............................. ......... .. 958,241 Contractual Services, of which up to $350,000 may be used to assist Members and staff with current and prior year medical costs, up to $60,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations, up to $70,000 may be used to pay inauguration cost and up to $130,000 for Representation, of which up to $100,000 may be used by the Speaker, and up to $15,000 each may be used by the Vice Speaker and Floor Leader ............................. ......... .
$ 3,584,600 OCE ........................................... -0- Fixed Assets .................................. 35,000 (2) Staff Offices.

The sum of $4,100,282, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress staff offices during fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated herein shall be apportioned as follows: Personnel ................................. ..... $ 1,869,282 9 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Travel .................................... .. .
$ 360,000 Contractual Services, of which up to $25,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations, up to $120,000 may be used for Telecom network, up to $20,000 may be used to maintain annual network subscription, and up to $60,000 may be used for ongoing renovations of Congress facilities including the Speaker’s residence................ .......... .

$ 1,192,000 OCE, of which up to $20,000 may be used to pay for outstanding prior year obligations .

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369,000 Fixed Assets ................................. 310,000 (3) Congress Delegation Offices.

The sum of $3,810,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the operations of the Congress delegation offices during the fiscal year 2023.

Of the amounts appropriated for contractual services within each Delegation Office, up to a maximum of $255,000 per Member, at the Delegation Offices’ discretion, may be used for Representation including prior years reimbursable expenses and other obligations.
Any unexpended Representation funds shall lapse into the FSM Trust Fund state sub-account of the respective state or states, which had remaining unexpended Representation funds.

The sum appropriated is apportioned as follows: (a) Kosrae Delegation Office 10 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Travel ........................... ... $ -0- Contractual Services....... .......... 510,000 OCE............................... ... 25,000 Fixed Assets .................. ...... 35,000 TOTAL.................... ............ 570,000 (b) Pohnpei Delegation Office Travel ........................... ... 3,000 Contractual Services.... ............. 1,020,000 OCE............................... ... 42,000 Fixed Assets .................. ..... .
-0- TOTAL ................................ 1,065,000 (c) Chuuk Delegation Office Travel .............................. -0- Contractual Services ................. 1,540,000 OCE............................... ... 45,000 Fixed Assets ........................ 10,000 TOTAL................... ............. 1,595,000 (d) Yap Delegation Office Travel ........................... ... 13,000 Contractual Services........ ......... 505,000 OCE............................... ... 22,000 Fixed Assets ................... ..... 40,000 TOTAL............................. .. 580,000” Section 4.
Section 4 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended 25 by Public Laws Nos.

22-204, and 23-08 is read as follows: 11 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 “Section 4.

Operating Expenses of the National Judicial Branch.
The sum of $2,552,452 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30,2023, for the operations of the Judicial Branch of the National Government during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be as apportioned as follows: Personnel ........................... .......... $ 1,512,224 Travel ..................................... .
.. 185,978 Contractual Services....................... .... .

502,200 OCE ....................................... ..... 248,050 Fixed Assets ............................... .... 104,000” Section 5.

Section 8 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended by 15 Public Laws Nos.

22-169, 22-181, 22-204, and 23-08, is hereby 16 further amended to read as follows: “Section 8.

Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.


The sum of $29,817,766 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the following grants, subsidies and contributions during the fiscal year 2023.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) Office of the President.

12 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (a) Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) ......................... $ 4,500 (b) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union .. 800 (c) Pacific Island News Association .. 350 (d) Asia Pacific Investment .......... 250 (e) Former Presidents’ Allowance ... .. 80,000 (f) Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning (JCRP) ............................. 1,373,963 (g) Presidential Inauguration .
...... 400,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs.

(a) Pacific Island Forum Secretariat .

57,000 (b) Secretariat of the Pacific Community 65,000 (c) ESCAP ............................ 5,000 (d) UN Membership Fee............... .

50,000 (e) East-West Center ................. 5,000 (f) ACP Cotonou Membership Fees ...... 17,000 (g) SPC Office Rental ................ 47,070 (h) SIS Program.................. .
... 10,000 (i) IOM Membership Fee ............... 600 (j) SPC Host Grant ................... 20,000 (k) UN Multi-Country Office Lease .... 30,960 (l) Opening ceremony of Embassy in Tokyo 40,000 (m) Consultancy Services Contract .. 32,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration (a) CTA-OCO Membership Fee ........... 10,000 13 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (b) Maintenance Fee for Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
...... $ 55,000 (c) PITTA – CTA ...................... 5,000 (d) ADB, IMF and Budget, Finance Policy Consultations ........................ 25,000 (e) Macro Economist Advisor .......... 200,000 (f) Global Forum Membership Fee ...... 26,000 (g) PFTAC Membership Fee ............. 20,000 (h) CTA Conference ................... 35,000 (i) Tax Compliance Initiative ........ 25,000 (j) FSM Trust Fund ................... 50,000 (k) Finance Conference ............... 75,000 (4) Department of Resources and Development.
(a) Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) .............................. 15,000 (b) Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) .......................... 6,000 (c) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) .............................. 30,000 (d) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) 6,800 (e) Western Forestry Leadership Coalition 530 (f) Matching SPC Projects .......... 60,000 (g) Micronesian Challenge ............ 10,000 (h) Micronesian Cruise Association .. 2,500 (i) South Pacific Tourism Organization.
8,000 14 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (j) IRENA ........................... $ 250 (k) Micronesia Trade Commission .... 30,000 (l) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ............................. 1,000 (m) IFAD ............................. 500 (n) UNIDO ............................ 1,000 (o) Micronesia Association of Sustainable Agriculture ................... .

50,000 (p) Micronesia Island Forum ........ .


232,000 (q) Micronesia Challenge Endowment Fund 100,000 (r) International Coconut Community (annual and prior years fees) ............. .

18,000 (s) 2nd FSM Expo (Kosrae) ........... .

100,000 (t) Trade Policy Review ............ .

35,000 (5) Department of Health and Social Affairs.
(a) UNFPA ........................... 3,000 (b) WHO ............................. 4,790 (c) PIHOA .......................... 20,000 (d) Association of Territorial Health 4,000 (e) Nursing and Medical Licensing .. 60,000 (f) FSM Red Cross .................. 70,000 (g) UNICEF (Vaccine & TB Drugs) .... 50,000 (h) UN/FSM Women (CEDAW) ........... 1,000 (i) Drug Quality Testing Project.

.. 3,000 (6) Department of Education.

15 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (a) Aid to Non-Public Schools ..... $ 1,000,000 (b) Aid to CMI Students ............ 30,000 (c) Aid to PCC Students ............. 50,000 (d) National Scholarship ............ 3,000,000 (e) National Close-Up ............... 75,000 (f) Merit Scholarship ............... 275,000 (g) Aid to FSM Students in Japan .... 100,000 (h) Aid to FSM Students in China .... 50,000 (i) Aid to FSM Students in Fiji ..... 50,000 (j) Caroline College & Pastoral Institute 200,000 (k) Faithwalk Christian College ..... 200,000 (l) Xavier High School -Chuuk ....... 75,000 (m) Yap Catholic High School ........ 75,000 (7) Department of Transportation, Communications, and Infrastructure.
(a)Asia Pacific Telecommunity ...... 6,075 (b) International Telecommunication Union ...................................... 25,867 (c) ICAO ............................ 45,075 (d) FSM Capital Energy .............. 705,145 (e) Micronesian Shipping Commission .

25,000 (f) Fuel and Provisions for Caroline Voyager and Navigator ...................... 1,345,830 (g) FSM National Government Computer Network Bandwidth Contract ......... ....... 181,920 16 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (h) Arrears due to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 2018 ......... ...... $ 20,000 (i) ICAO arrears ............ ....... 174,000 (8) Department of Justice.
(a) States Joint Law Enforcement: Kosrae 125,000 (b) States Joint Law Enforcement:Pohnpei 250,000 (c) States Joint Law Enforcement: Chuuk, of which $75,000 shall be used for Weno Municipal Police ..................................... 300,000 (d) States Joint Law Enforcement: Yap 125,000 (e) Police Academy .................. 200,000 (f) Fuel Subsidy .................... 550,000 (g) WIPO ............................ -0- (h) Interpol-Membership & Activities 15,000 (i) Ammunitions for side arm & long rifles 25,000 (j) Organizations for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) .................... 7,962 (k) Comprehensive Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT) ........................ 13,708 (l) Police fuel subsidy: Kosrae ...... 10,000 (m) Police fuel subsidy: Yap ........ 10,000 (9) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) UNEP ............................ (b) UNFCCC .......................... 835 325 17 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (c) UNCCD .......................... $ 195 (d) SPREP Membership ................ 10,768 (e) Waigani Convention .............. 1,190 (f) SPREP-Noumea Convention ......... 1,764 (g) Earth Day Activities ............ 15,000 (h) 7th Bi-Annual Environment Conference 20,000 (i) Basel Convention ................ (j) Kyoto Protocol .................. 197 484 (k) WMO Membership .................. 15,000 (l) Disaster Assistance Emergency Relief Fund (DAEF)- Matching ............... 200,000 (m) Disaster Relief Fund ............ 100,000 (n) Stockholm Convention Membership .
550 (o) COP27 Travel .................... 100,000 (10) Office of National Archives, Culture and Historic Preservation (a) UNESCO .......................... 4,000 (b) NCSHPO .......................... 2,760 (c) PARBICA ......................... (d) PIALA ........................... (e) WHC ............................. 100 100 54 (f) Library Fee ..................... 50 (11) Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (a) Staff Upgrade ................... 25,000 (b) IPU Annual Dues ................. 12,500 18 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (c) COFA Alliance National Network (CANN)$ 25,000 (d) Compact Historical Project ...... 25,000 (e) Opening Ceremony of Embassy in Tokyo 100,000 (e) IPU ............................ 100,000 (12) Other Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

(a) COM board meeting ............. .
5,000 (b) COM-FSM Treaty Obligation ....... 25,000 (c) FSM Social Security Administration ............................ 3,000,000 (d) State Judiciaries: Kosrae ...... 75,000 (e) State Judiciaries: Pohnpei ...... 100,000 (f) State Judiciaries: Chuuk ........ 170,000 (g) State Judiciaries: Yap .......... 75,000 (h) National Law Day ................ 100,000 (i) Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) ....................... 250,000 (j) NORMA – Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) 63,000 (k) NORMA – WCPFC Tuna Commission Membership Fee.............. ............... 605,001 (l) PNA Membership Fee .............. 10,000 (m) Independence Day Activities ..... 50,000 (n) MLFC Loan Payment ............... 260,000 (o) Single Audit Fee ............... 460,000 (p) Staff Housing, including 100,000 for the Office of Personnel .................... 850,000 19 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (q) Recruitment and Repatriation ... $ 223,218 (r) Caroline Air Subsidy for insurance and fuel ......................... 446,000 (s) President’s Day ................. -0- (t) General Election (2023) ......... 400,000 (u) Legal and Advocacy Services in Washington D.C. (A&P) ..................... .
2,000,000 (v) DOFA – Prior year obligations ... 7,000 (w) Legal fees owed to INS/Bargain Center 5,390 (x) Legal fees owed to Genesis ...... 5,244 (y) Hosting of 2023 Oceania Customs Organization’s Annual Conference ......... 47,000 (z) National Election prior year obligation ................. 5,760 (aa) Supplement for MCO Supplies ..... 48,031 (bb) FAS Organization in Guam ........ 50,000 (cc) PII Settlement ................. 6,000,000 (dd) FSM National Government salary Increases pursuant to Public Law No.
22-170 -0- (ee) Special Election 2023 .......... 350,000 (ff) Fuel subsidy for Fanapi and Umoumoch vessels ......................... 100,000 (gg) NORMA-Forum Fisheries Agency ... 90,000 (hh) Housing Allowance (allow prior year for VP .......................... -0- 20 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (ii) Insurance Board Outstanding Payment $ 1,756 (jj) PIHOA Prior Year Membership Dues (FY22)20,000 (kk) Retroactive Pay for President’s Office Employees ............................. 1,849 (ll) Prior Years Obligation to YFA .. -0- (mm) Open Access Entity (OAE).

....... 300,000” Section 6.

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22-169 and 23-08, is hereby further amend read as 9 follows: “Section 9.

Capital and Human Resources Development.

The sum of $23,752,475 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the Federated States of Micronesia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for the following capital improvements, development programs, and projects and human resources development.
Of the total amount of funds appropriated herein, $1,534,539 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Supplemental Education Grant and $1,000,000 shall be deemed to come from funds available under the Compact Sector Grants.

The sum appropriated by this section shall be apportioned as follows: (1) College of Micronesia – FSM.

(a) College of Micronesia–FSM ...... $ 4,000,000 (b) FSM Fisheries and Maritime 21 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Institute (FMI) ........................... $ 965,735 (c) College of Micronesia-FSM SEG Funding ................................ 878,978 (d) COM-FSM Endowment Fund .......... 500,000 (e) COM-FSM Public Health Initiative .
............................... 488,798 (f) Assistance to boarding students, COM-FSM main campus Pohnpei: (i) Chuukese students ......... 100,000 (ii) Yapese students .......... 75,000 (iii) Kosraen students ......... 50,000 (2) Department of Foreign Affairs (a) Acting Pay: UN Mission ......... 98,394 (b) Acting Pay: Fiji ............... 19,395 (c) Acting Pay: D.C. Embassy ....... 16,764 (d) Acting Pay: Guam ............... 19,000 (3) Department of Finance and Administration (a) FSM Warehouse Lease and Maintenance -0- (b) PCD Awareness and Training ...... 35,000 (c) Support to Municipal Government Financial Management Improvement ........... 50,000 (d) Tax Reform Commission ........... 100,000 (e) Housing for local staff assigned to financial organizations for short term Training (IMF, WB, ADB, GCF) ............... 72,000 22 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (4) Department of Resources and Development (a) R&D SNLC ....................... $ 75,000 (b) FSM Chamber of Commerce ......... 50,000 (c) Chamber of Commerce: Kosrae .... 20,000 (d) Chamber of Commerce: Pohnpei ... 30,000 (e) Chamber of Commerce: Chuuk ..... 30,000 (f) Chamber of Commerce: Yap ....... 20,000 (g) Conservation Society: Kosrae ... 25,000 (h) Conservation Society: Pohnpei .. 40,000 (i) Conservation Society: Chuuk .... 40,000 (j) Conservation Society: Yap ...... 25,000 (5) Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (a) Operation and Dry-Docking of Caroline Voyager and Navigator ........... 2,300,000 (b) FSM National Government Facility Improvements and Renovations ............... 115,685 (c) FSM National Government Computer Network .................................... 100,000 (6) Department of Justice (a) Anti-Human Trafficking Enforcement, Campaign, and Investigation ................ 125,000 (b) Victim Shelter and Services ..... 125,000 (c) Boat Maintenance ................ 200,000 (d) DOJ Satellite Phone Billing ..... 10,000 23 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (7) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (a) National & State Table Top Exercise $ 30,000 (b) Outer Island Trip Assessment – Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management .. 80,000 (c) National Joint Platform for Environment & Risk Resilience .............. 40,000 (d) International Day for Disaster Reduction ................................ 12,000 (e) Fourth Disaster Risk Management Environment Conference ..................... 40,000 (8) National Election Commission Office (a) Voter ID Card and New Voter Registration Project ....................... 50,000 (9) Department of Health and Social Affairs (a) Medical Specialist Team ......... 120,000 (b) MOE-BHWP Med .................... 22,200 (c) Electronic Record System ........ 35,000 (d) Youth in Sports ................. 50,000 (e) Hispathology and diagnostic Improvement ................................ 16,000 (f) Implementation, FSM Pharmaceutical Act ........................................ 24,010 (g) Competent Authority, compliance process for fisheries exportation .......... 115,990 24 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (h) Medical Profession Recruitment .
$ 33,500 (10) Department of Education (a) NDOE Year 3 Project (SEG) ....... 655,561 (b) School Accreditation ............ (c) Teacher Certification Project ... -0- -0- (d) Vernacular Language Arts (VLA) Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks Training 75,170 (e) CTE Teacher Training ............ 56,910 (11) NORMA (a) Hosting WPCFC, TTC, & SC ........ 10,000 (b) Internship for students in the area of fisheries management ............... 5,000 (c) T3 Monitoring ................... 150,000 (d) Commemoration of World Tuna Day 2023 70,000 (12) Other Capital and Human Resources Development (a) Donor Roundtable ................ 100,000 (b) Chuuk State Supreme Court parking lot, fencing, and maintenance ................... 200,000 (c) National Voter Registration ..... 64,000 (d) TC&I Utwe Water project settlement 260,000 (e) Diplomatic Mission Geneva ....... 300,000 (f) FSM ConCon Public Education Awareness 200,000 (g) Capitol road improvement Nanpohnmal to Sekere .................................. 400,000 (h) Road improvement and heavy 25 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 equipment, Yap ............................ $ -0- (i) Road improvement, Weno, Chuuk .. 100,000 (j) State subsidies: (i) Generator overhaul and parts, Yap State, YSPSC ............................ 350,000 (ii) Fuel Chuuk State, CPUC ...... 300,000 (iii) Power line extension, Pohnpei State, PUC ......................... 100,000 (iv) Fuel Kosrae State, KPUA ..... -0- (k) Chuuk Narik Mataw ship/ operations subsidy ......................... 200,000 (l) Pohnpei Lady Pohnpei ship ....... 117,385 (m) Lady Minto ship ................. 95,000 (n) PMA subsidy ..................... 100,000 (o) Open market Pohnpei causeway .... 350,000 (p) Case tracking system (CTS) ...... 25,000 (q) H2 Habilmohol – fuel subsidy and up to $42,000 may be used to pay $10 per day at sea per-diem for crews on Yap state operated vessel that is owned by the FSM National Government; PROVIDED THAT the at sea per-diem begins from the Yap port of departure to when the vessel is secured back at the Yap port dock.
250,000 (r) Kosrae Solar and other projects .

200,000 (s) Construction of a postal service building in Tonoas, Chuuk .................. 50,000 26 of 32 P.C.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (t) Establish Diplomatic Mission in Australia .............................. $ 500,000 (u) Purchase property in Honolulu for Hawaii FSM Consulate Office ............... 5,000,000 (v) Airport Subsidy: Kosrae State .. 250,000 (w) Airport Subsidy: Pohnpei State .. 250,000 (x) Airport Subsidy: Chuuk ......... 250,000 (y) Airport Subsidy for Outer Islands: Yap State ................................. 250,000 (z) Repair and refurbishment of HI and Chief Mailo ............................ 500,000 (aa) Disposal of Oil Recovered from WWII Shipwreck in Chuuk ......................... -0- (bb) Renovation of Official Residences and Access Road ............................ 200,000 (cc) CEC – Chief Executive Conference .
50,000 (dd) Presidential Public Schedule & State Visits .............................. 250,000” Section 7.

Section 12 of Public Law No.

22-153, as amended 20 by Public Laws Nos.

22-169 and 23-08, is hereby further amended 21 to read as follows: 22 23 24 “Section 12.

Allotment and Management of Funds and Lapse Dates.

(1) General provisions.

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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (a) All funds appropriated by this act shall be allotted, managed, administered and accounted for in accordance with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Financial Management Act of 1979.
(b) The allottees shall be responsible for ensuring that these funds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are used solely for the purposes specified in this act, and that no obligations are incurred in excess of the sums appropriated.

(2) Allottees.
The allottees of the funds appropriated by this act are as follows: (a) Section 2 - the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; (b) Section 3 - the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (c) Section 4 – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (d) Section 5 – the allottee of these funds shall be the Public Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia; (e) Sections 6 through 9 - the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of 28 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Micronesia; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the following subsections of sections 8 through 9 of this act: (i) Sections 8(1)(f) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chair of the Joint Committee on Compact Review and Planning; (ii) Section 8(8)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (iii) Section 8(8)(b) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (iv) Section 8(8)(c) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (v) Section 8(8)(d) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (vi) Section 8(8)(l) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (vii) Section 8(11) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (viii) Section 8(12)(a) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (ix) Section 8(12)(d) through (g) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the respective State Supreme Court; 29 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (x) Section 8(12)(h) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xi) Section 8(12)(mm) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Chief Executive Officer of OAE; (xii) Section 9(1) (a) through (e), (f)(ii) and f(iii) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the College of Micronesia-FSM; (xiii) Section 9(l)(f)(i) the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xiv) Sections 9(4)(c) and (g) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xv) Sections 9(4)(d) and (h) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Pohnpei; (xvi) Sections 9(4)(e) and (i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xvii) Sections 9(4)(f) and (j) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xviii) Section 9(12)(g), (l), (m) and (o) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the 30 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure; (xix) Section 9(12)(h) and (n) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap; (xx) Section 9(12)(i) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Mayor of Weno; (xxi) Section 9(12)(k) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure; (xxii) Sections 9(12)(j) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Public Utility Corporations of the respective states; (xxiii) Section 9(12)(q) – the allottee of these funds shall be the President of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xxiv) Section 9(12)(r) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xxv) Section 8(12)(bb) – the allottee of these funds shall be the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia; (xxvi) Section 9(12)(v) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Kosrae; (xxvii) Section 9(12)(w) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Pohnpei Port Authority; 31 of 32 P.C.
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23-31, C.D.1, C.D.2, C.D.3, C.D.4 (xxviii) Section 9(12)(x) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Chuuk; (xxviv) Section 9(12)(y) - the allottee of these funds shall be the Governor of the state of Yap.” Section 8.
This act shall become law upon approval by the 6 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its 7 becoming law without such approval.

8 July 24, 2023 /s/ Wesley W. Simina Wesley W. Simina President Federated States of Micronesia 32 of 32